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- Language Family: Kwa
- Topic #1: Sociolinguistics
Sociocultural Aspects of Animal Metaphor in Akan
Anim muabↄsԑm
Adesuadeɛ yi hwehwɛ mmoa nnyinahɔma wɔ Akan mu. Ɛgyina amammerɛ lingwesteks ne ne nkorabata a ɛfa amammerɛ nnyinahɔma ne sɛdeɛ ɔmanfoɔ hunu wiase a Sharifian (2017, 2015) dii ho dwuma no so. Afei nso ɛhwɛ Lakoff ne Johnson (1980) adwenemusɛm nnyinahɔma no. Nhwehwɛmu yi da no adi sɛ Akanfoɔ hwɛ mmoadoma suban, wɔn bɔberɛ ne wɔn anammɔntuo so de kyerɛ wɔn Nnipa suban wɔ nnyinahɔma mu. Mmeaeɛ ahodoɔ a yɛde bɛdi dwuma ne mmɛ, apaeɛ- anwonsɛm, Akanfɔɔ ne abusua ahodoɔ akraboa ne nsɛnkyerɛnne ahodoɔ. Nhwehwɛmu yi kyerɛ mu sɛ Akanfoɔ gyina mmoadoma nnyinahɔma so kyer wɔn nimdeɛ, adwenemusɛm, wiase nhunumu, ne atenaeɛ mu nimdeɛ a ɛfa mmoadoma ho. Nhwehwɛmu yi gyina kwaliteetif nhwehwɛmu dwumadie kwan so. Yɛgyinaa nwomakorabea adesua, intanɛɛte mu nnoɔma, ne nsɛmmisa ahodoɔ a yɛnyaa firi Akan nwomasua mu animdefoɔ nnan hɔ so. Nhwehwɛmu yi da no adi pefee sɛ amansan nyinaa de mmoadoma ho nnyinahɔma di dwuma deɛ, nanso suban ahodoɔ a yɛde ma mmoadoma ahohoɔ no deɛ ɛgyina ɔkasa ne ammammerɛ biara so. Saa nhwehwɛmu yi rebue kwan ama adesuadeɛ ahodoɔ nhwehwɛmu wɔ Akan kasa ne amammmerɛ mu. Saa afa yi bi ne amammerɛ lengwesteks, amammerɛ ne kasa nkutahodie, adwenemusɛm lengwesteks, antrɔpɔlɔgyi ne anomsɛm kasadwini.